Protecting guide for repeating sporting guns



April 18, 1961 J. FONTVIEILLE PROTECTING GUIDE FOR REPEATING SPORTING GUNS Filed Nov. 25, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 18, 1961 J. FONTVIEILLE PROTECTING GUIDE FOR REPEATING SPORTING GUNS Filed Nov. 25, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 April 18, 1961 J. FONTVIEILLE PROTECTING GUIDE FOR REPEATING SPORTING GUNS Filed Nov. 25, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 PROTECTING GUIDE FOR REPEATING sronrmc GUNS Jean Fontvieille, Saint-Etienne, France, assignor to Manufacture Francaise dArmes & Cycles de Saint- Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France, a joint-stock company of France Filed Nov; 25, 1958, Ser. No. 776,289

Claims priority, application France June 19, 1958 7 Claims. (Cl. 42-71) gap which remains to either side of the barrel between the latter and the sliding fore-end. This provides a passageway into the mechanism for dust, mud, rain water and the like disturbing matter which may result in a damaging of the components of the gun and to a diflicult or impossible operation of the latter. On the other hand, the sliding fore-end may show a tendency to twist around the tubular magazine.

I Now, the present invention provides for arrangements which are applicable to all semi-automatic or repeating pump guns, the primary purpose of which is to protect, to secure and to guide the sliding fore-end with reference to the adjacent parts such as the barrel, the receiver and the like.

According to a primary object of the invention, there are provided protecting guides including, on the one hand, a fastening and securing lug extending around the tubular magazine, between the supporting lug or the like member rigid with the gun barrel and the plug which holds fast said supporting lug or the like securing means and, on the other hand, at least one extension lying alongside of the barrel, preferably in contacting relationship with the latter and engaging directly the upper edges of the sides of the fore-end and covering the gap between said sliding fore-end and the barrel, while assembling and positioning means and the like are provided at the ends of said ex-- tension or extensions of the protecting guide with reference to the front surface of the receiver and at gun barrel.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate, by way of example, a number of preferred embodiments of my invention: a

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing by way of example, on the one hand, in thin lines, a section of the outline of a repeating pump gun and, on the other hand, in thicker lines, a protective guide according to a first embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section illustrating a modification of the arrangement according to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the arrangement according to Fig. 1. V

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal partial cross-section of the gun according to Fig. 1 showing the detail of the securing means.

Figs. 5 and 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, 11 and 12 are respectively a partial perspective view and a cross-sectional States atent ice view of four modifications of my improved protecting guide.

Referring now to Fig. 1, it is apparent that the usual gun barrel 1 has its end' fitted inside of the receiver 2, while Fig. 4 shows the tubular magazine 3, on the one hand, secured to the receiver 2 and, on the other hand, secured to a supporting lug l which in turn is secured to the gun barrel. The wooden fore-end 5 extends, in the example illustrated, the entire extent of the length of the tubular magazine and covers at least partly the front end of the receiver. Said wooden fore-end is provided with a bearing 5 which may slide by means of a metal tube or a metal section alongside the tubular magazine.

In a first embodiment, (Figs. 1, 3 and 4), the protecting guide 6 is constituted by a cut and folded sheet metal including a securing lug 6 held between the plug 4 and the supporting lug 1 Said protecting guide forms a semi-cylindrical casing 6 which covers and protects the rear section of the gun barrel up to the receiver 2. The edges of the flanges formed by the casing 6 are turned outwardly and folded back, as shown at 6 so as to cover the upper edges 5 of the sides of the wooden fore-end and to conceal the gap between said sides and the gun barrel. The rear end of the protecting guide is positioned and secured with reference to the receiver by means, for instance, of studs 7 welded or cut in or secured in any suitable manner to the protecting guide. The ends of said studs engage openings provided for this purpose in the front surface of the receiver.

Fig. 2 illustrates in cross-section a second embodiment wherein a longitudinal slot or opening is formed in the upper part of the casing 6 for the passage of a ventilating rib or fin 1 rigid with the upper surface of the barrel.

The embodiment illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 is somewhat simplified than the embodiment of Fig. 1 inasmuch as the protecting guide 8 carries, as noted heretofore, an attaching or securing lug 8 which includes simply two lateral extensions 8 8 in the shape of angle bars the cross-sections of whichare square-shaped, said extensions being made of cut and folded sheet metal covering the upper edges 5 of the wooden fore-end and mating, on the other hand, with the shape of the lower surface of the gun barrel. Studs 16 which are welded or otherwise secured to the ends of the extensions 8 8 provide for the positioning of the protecting guide over the front surface of the receiver.

According to a further embodiment, the protecting guide 9 which is made of cut and folded sheet metal, as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, includes an attaching or securing lug 9 and a single semi-cylindrical or concaved extension transversally at 9 and extending along the barrel, so as to form a barrel bearing cradle. The edges of said extension are turned outwardly at 9 and folded back so as to cover the upper edges 5 of the sides of the wooden fore-end. Studs 10 which are welded for instance to said edges ensure the correct positioning of the guide through engagement with holes formed in the front surface of the receiver.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 wherein the protecting guide is made of pressed wood in accordance with conventional technique, said guide 11 includes a securing lug formed from a mere washer 11 formed of sheet metal to be secured between the plug 4 and the support 1 Said washer is rigid with two flat extensions 11 andll covering the upper edges of the sides of the wooden fore-end and extending along the gun barrel, their outline merging into the outline of the cross-section of said barrel or otherwise.

At their rear ends, the extensions'll 11 are secured for instance by means of a collar 12 which may also be made of a sheet metal surrounding the gun barrel over the major portion of its cross-section, as illustrated in Fig. 10, while its ends are secured for instance by means of a mere wedging or otherwise inside of the slots which are formed in the extensions 11 11 made of pressed wood. 7 i

According to a further embodiment illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12, the protecting guide 13 is constitutedby a strip of suitably prepared moldable wood, Bakelite or Formica," said strip forming at 13 13 lateral extensions over the upper edges of the sides of the wooden Bakelite or Formica fore-end. The strip is folded and bent at 13 so as to form a securing or attaching lug between the plug and the supporting lug on the barrel. The rear ends of the strip extensions 13 13 may be interconnected by a stay constituted by a simple concaved strip 14 in the shape of a cradle which is disposed underneath the gun barrel. The ends of said strip 14 are for instance, secured by inserting them inside of slots which are formed in the extensions 13 13 or otherwise. tioning studs 15 are secured to the ends of the extensions 13 13 and their projecting ends are fitted within corresponding openings formed in the front surface of the receiver.

It is of interest to resort to such protecting guides of which the embodiments disclosed are by no means to be construed in a limiting sense, while, similarly, their applications are not limited to the guns considered.

The advantages of my improved protecting guide may be summed up as follows:

The protecting guide holds in position and guides the sliding wooden fore-end or equivalent thereof, preventing through its leaning against the two sides of said fore-end, any torsional movement which the latter might assume around the tubular magazine.

The protecting guide protects the lower section of the recessed wooden fore-end.

The protecting guide forms an ornament for the gun, since it provides multiple opportunities for ornamenting and improving the apparatus of the gun through color contrasts between the materials used, through the streamlining concave-d outlines imparted to the different parts, etc.

Obviously, and as already mentioned, my invention is by no means limited to the applications and embodiments and to the particular shapes disclosed hereinabove, and it covers all the modifications thereof falling within the scope of the accompanying claims.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a repeating sporting gun, including a barrel, a receiver and a magazine extending underneath said barrel and into said receiver, the combination of a fore-end surrounding the magazine leaving a gap between the sides of said fore-end and the barrel, a plug for the front end of said magazine and a protecting guide coupling the barrel to said magazine to cover said gap, said protecting guide including a front lug fitted between said plug and the front end of the magazine and at least one extension directed rearwardly of said lug, said one extension covering the upper edges of the sides of said fore-end and closing the gap between the sides of said upper edges and the barrel, and means for securing said extension to the receiver and the barrel.

2. In combination with a repeating sporting gun, including a barrel, a receiver and a magazine extending underneath said barrel and into said receiver, the combination of a fore-end surrounding the magazine and spaced from the barrel to form a gap, a plug for the front end of said magazine and a protecting guide made of cut and folded sheet metal joining the barrel to said magazine, said protecting guide including a front lug fitted between said plug and the cooperating end of the magazine and a semi-cylindrical extension directed rearwardly of said lug surrounding the barrel along its upper surface, said semi-cylindrical extension being provided with lower flanges folded outwardly to cover the upper edges of the sides of the fore-end to close said gap and.

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, end of said magazine and a protecting guide including a studs rigid with the rear end of said extension and engaging the front surface of the receiver.

3. In combination with a repeating sporting gun, including a barrel having an outer rib rigid with its upper surface, a receiver and a magazine extending underneath said barrel and into said receiver, the combination of a fore-end spaced from the barrel to form a gap therebetween and surrounding the magazine, a plug for the front end of said magazine, a protecting guide made of cut and folded sheet metal joining said magazine to the barrel, said protecting guide including a front lug fitted between said plug and the front end of the magazine and a semi-cylindrical extension directed rearwardly of said lug surrounding the barrel along its upper surface, said semi-cylindrical extension being provided with lower flanges folded outwardly to cover the upper edges of the sides of the fore-end to close said gap dirt-tight, said extension being provided with an opening registering with the rib and through which said rib projects, and studs rigid with the rear end of said extension and engaging the front surface of the receiver.

4. In combination with a repeating sporting gun, including a barrel, a receiver and a magazine extending underneath said barrel and into said receiver, the combination of a fore-end spaced from the barrel to form a gap between the fore-end and the barrel, said fore-end surrounding the magazine, a plug for the front end of said magazine and a protecting guide coupling said magazine to the barrel covering the gap, said guide including a front lug fitted between said plug and the cooperating end of the magazine and an extension extending over the lower surface of said barrel directed rearwardly of said lug, said extension covering the upper edges of the foreend and closing the gap between said upper edges and the barrel, and means for securing said extension to the receiver and the barrel.

5. In combination with a repeating sporting gun, including a barrel, a receiver and a magazine extending underneath said barrel and into said receiver, the combination of a fore-end surrounding the magazine, said fore-end being spaced from the barrel to form a gap between the fore-end and the barrel, a plug for the front front lug fitted between said plug and the cooperating end of the magazine and two angle bar extensions directed rearwardly of said lug, the vertical sides of said angle bar extensions engaging laterally the barrel and the horizontal sides of said extensions covering the upper edges of said fore-end and closing the gap between said upper edges and the barrel, and means for securing said extensions to the receiver and the barrel.

6. In combination with a repeating sporting gun, including a barrel, a receiver and a magazine extending underneath said barrel and into said receiver, the combination of a fore-end surrounding the magazine, said fore-end being spaced from the barrel to form a gap between said fore-end and the barrel, a plug for the front end of said magazine and a protecting guide made of pressed wood, said guide including a front washer shaped lug fitted between said plug and the front end of the magazine and two extensions directed rearwardly of said lug covering the upper edges of said fore-end and closing the gap between said upper edges and the barrel, and a collar of sheet metal surrounding the upper surface of the rear end of the barrel and securing the rear ends of said extensions together, and means for securing said extensions to the receiver and the barrel.

7. In combination with a repeating sporting gun, including a barrel, a receiver and a magazine extending underneath said barrel and into said receiver, thecornbination of a fore-end surrounding the magazine leaving a gap between the barrel and the fore-end, a plug for the front end of said magazine and a protecting guide including a front washer-shaped lug fitted between said plug and the front end of the magazine, two extensions 5 directed rearwardly of said lug covering the upper edges References Cited in the file of this patent of said fore-end and closing the gap between said upper edges and the barrel, and an incurved stay interoonnect- UNITED STATES PATENTS ing the rear ends of said extensions and engaging the 2,447,229 Bradley Aug. 17, 1948 lower surface of the barrel to form a cradle therefor, and 5 ,6 i ey at P 21, 1953 means for securing said extensions to the receiver and 2,674,822 Studler Apr. 13, 1954 the barrel. 7 2,832,165 Ivy Apr. 29, 1958 

